My family. Modernism. Design. Art. Music. The 1960s. Vespa Scooters. Obscure Cult Movies and Television. Progressive Politics. Dancing to the proper music.
I'd like to meet:
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Music:
Modern Jazz: Jimmy Smith. Donald Byrd. Stan Getz. Pre-70s Miles Davis. John Coltrane. R&B and Soul (especially obscure): Jackie Wilson. Dobie Gray. Darrell Banks. Lee Dorsey. Geno Washington. Major Lance. Otis. Marvin Gaye. Smokey & The Miracles. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. The Supremes. etc. The classic British Pop Groups: The Beatles. The Stones. The Kinks. The Small Faces. The Action. The Birds. The Creation. Spencer Davis Group. Manfred Mann. The Animals. Them. The Zombies. The Yardbirds. Johns Children. The Who. The Herd. The Love Affair. Amen Corner. Georgie Fame. Scott Walker. Chris Farlowe. etc. The great Girl Singers: Sandie Shaw. Dusty Springfield. Twinkle. Petula Clark. Marianne Faithful. etc. The Great American Singers: Bob Dylan. Phil Ochs. Fred Neil. Graham Parsons. etc. The great American Pop artists: Burt Bacharach. Dionne Warwick. Spanky and Our Gang. The Free Design. Those magnifique French pop stars: France Gall. Serge Gainsbourg. Sylvie Vartan. Jacques Dutronc. etc. American Garage Bands: The Sonics. The Tropics. The Seeds. Bill Deal and the Rhondells. etc. and any contemporary or recent artists that carry the torch of good music: Paul Weller. Ocean Colour Scene. Pulp. Oasis. The White Stripes. Saint Etienne. Pizzicato Five. Stereolab. etc.
Movies:
Breakfast at Tiffanys. Doctor Strangelove (or How I learned to stop worrying and Love The Bomb). Bedazzled. The Knack (and How To Get It). Up The Junction. Alphaville. A Man And A Woman. The Day The Fish Came Out. Dr. No. From Russia With Love. Goldfinger. Thunderball. The Ipcress File. Funeral In Berlin. Billion Dollar Brain. Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. Young Girls of Rochefort. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Point Blank. Rosemary's Baby. The 10th Victim. Danger: Diabolik. Wild, Wild Planet. Carnival Of Souls. North By Northwest. Lolita.
Television:
Ready Steady Go. Doctor Who. The Clangers. Monty Python. The Avengers. The Prisoner. The Saint. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). The Champions. Danger Man. Batman. Lost In Space. The Time Tunnel. Thunderbirds. Captain Scarlet. Stingray. UFO. Space 1999. The Man From UNCLE. Get Smart. That Girl. I Spy. Mission: Impossible. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. The Invaders. The Office (the original of course). Look Around You. Spaced. That Mitchell and Webb Look. Peep Show. Black Books.
Books:
Yukio Mishima. Robert Anton Wilson. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Joseph Heller. Colin MacInnes. Oscar Wilde. Arthur Conan Doyle. Tom Wolfe (his journalism). Philip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Kingsley Amis. Ian Fleming. George Orwell. Aldous Huxley.
Heroes:
Ray Davies. Michael Moore. Andy Warhol. Stanley Kubrick. Ray & Charles Eames, Paul Weller.
